1849-Seabury Ford. 1850-Reuben Wood. 1853-William Medill. 1856-Salmon P. Chase. 1860-William Dennison. 1862-David Todd. 1864-John Brough. 1865-C. Anderson (Acting Governor). 1866-Jacob D. Cox. 1868 Rutherford B. Hayes.. 1876 Rutherford B. Hayes. OKLAHOMA. TERRITORY. 1890-George W. Steele. 1891-Abraham J. Seay. 1893 William C. Renfrow. 1897-C. M. Barnes. 1901-Thomas B. Ferguson. 1905-Frank Frantz. STATE. pany). 1907-Charles N. Haskell. 1911-Lee Cruce. OREGON. PROVISIONAL. 1845-George Abernethy. TERRITORY. 1849-Joseph Lane. 1849-John P. Gaines. 1853-Joseph Lane. 1853-George L. Curry (Excepting a few days in 1854 when J. W. Davis was governor). STATE. 1859-John Whittaker. 1862-Addison C. Gibbs. 1866-George L. Woods. 1870-Lafayette S. Grover. 1877-S. F. Chadwick. 1878-William W. Thayer. 1882-Zenas F. Moody. 1658-William Beekman. 1703-Council (E. Shippen, President). 1704-John Evans. 1709-Charles Gookin (Lieut.-Gov ernor). 1717-Sir William Keith (Lieut. Governor). 1726-Patrick Gordon (Lieut.-Gov Governor). 1763-John Penn. 1771-Council (J. Hamilton, President). 1771-Richard Penn. 1776-John Penn (Lieut.-Gov. ernor). REVOLUTION. 1776, September,-1777, March. Committee of Safety (Benjamin Franklin, Chairman). 1777-1790-Supreme Executive Council of which the following were Presidents: 1777-Thomas Wharton, Jr. 1778-George Bryan (Acting Presi dent). 1778-Joseph Reed. 1781-William Moore. 1782-John Dickinson. 1785-Benjamin Franklin. 1788-Thomas Mifflin. STATE. 1790-Thomas Mifflin. 1799-Thomas McKean. 1808-Simon Snyder. ! 1817-William Findlay. 1903-Samuel W. Pennypacker. 1690-Henry Bull. 1690-John Easton. 1695-Caleb Carr. 1696-Walter Clarke. 1698-Samuel Cranston. 1728-Joseph Jencks. 1732-William Wanton. 1734-John Wanton. 1740-Richard Ward. 1743-William Greene. 1745-Gideon Wanton. 1746-William Greene. 1747-Gideon Wanton. 1748-William Greene. 1755-Stephen Hopkins. 1757-William Greene. 1758-Stephen Hopkins. 1762 Samuel Ward. 1763-Stephen Hopkins. 1765-Samuel Ward. 1767-Stephen Hopkins. 1768-Josias Lyndon. 1769-Joseph Wanton. STATE ORGANIZATION. 1775-Nicholas Cooke. 1805-Paul Mumford (Acting Governor). 1805-Henry Smith (Acting Governor). 1806-Isaac Wilbur (Acting Governor). 1807-James Fenner. 1863-William C. Cozzens (Acting Governor). 1863-James Y. Smith. 1866-Ambrose E. Burnside. 1869-Seth Padelford. 1873-Henry Howard. 1875-Henry Lippitt. 1877-Charles C. Van Zandt. 1880-A. H. Littlefield. 1883-A. O. Bourn. 1885-George P. Wetmore. 1887-John W. Davis. 1888-Royal C. Taft. 1889-Herbert W. Ladd. 1890-John W. Davis. 1891-Herbert W. Ladd. 1892-D. Russell Brown. 1895-Charles W. Lippitt. 1897-Elisha Dyer. 1900-William Gregory. 1901-Charles D. Kimball. 1903-Lucius F. C. Garvin. 1905-George H. Utter. 1907-James H. Higgins. 1909-Aram J. Pothier. SOUTH CAROLINA. ORIGINAL LORDS PROPREITORS. 1663-Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon; George Monck, Duke of Albemarle; William, Earl of Craven; John, Lord Berkeley; Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord Ashley; Sir George Carteret; Sir William Berkeley; Sir John Colleton. PROPRIETARY GOVERNORS. 1670-William Sayle. UNDER THE CROWN. 1719-James Moore, 2d. 1724 Arthur Middleton (President of Council). 1729-Robert Johnson. 1735-Thomas Broughton (Lieut.Governor). 1737-William Bull (President of Council and Lieut.-Governor). 1743-James Glen. 1756-William Henry Lyttelton. 1760-William Bull, 2d (Lieut.Governor). 1761-Thomas Boone. 1764-William Bull, 2d (Lieut.Governor). 1766-Lord Charles Greville Montagu. 1768-William Bull, 2d (Lieut.Governor). 1768-Lord Charles Greville Montagu. 1769-William Bull, 2d (Lieut.Governor). 1771-Lord Charles Greville Mon 1802-James B. Richardson. 1804-Paul Hamilton. 1806-Charles Pinckney. 1808-John Drayton. 1810-Henry Middleton. 1812-Joseph Alston. 1814-David R. Williams. 1816-Andrew Pickens. 1818-John Geddes. 1820-Thomas Bennett. 1822-John L. Wilson. 1824-Richard I. Manning. 1826-John Taylor. 1828-Stephen D. Miller. 1830-James Hamilton. 1832-Robert Y. Hayne. 1834-George McDuffie. 1836-Pierce M. Butler. 1838-Patrick Noble. 1840-B. K. Henagan. 1840-John P. Richardson. 1842-James H. Hammond. 1844-William Aiken. 1845-David Johnson. 1848-W. B. Seabrook. 1850-John H. Means. 1852-John L. Manning. 1854-James J. Adams. 1856-Robert F. W. Allston. 1858-William H. Gist. 1860-Francis W. Pickens. 1862-Milledge L. Bonham. 1864-A. Gordon Magrath. 1865-Benjamin F. Perry (Provisional Governor). 1865-James L. Orr. 1865-Gen. Daniel E. Sickles (Military Governor). 1865-Gen. E. R. S. Canby (Military Governor). 1868-Robert K. Scott. 1872-Franklin J. Moses, Jr. 1874 Daniel H. Chamberlain. 1876-Wade Hampton. 1879-William D. Simpson. 1880-T. B. Jeter. 1880-Johnson Hagood. 1882-Hugh S. Thompson. 1886-John C. Sheppard. 1886-John P. Richardson. 1890-Benjamin R. Tillman. 1894-John Gary Evans. 1897-William H. Ellerbe. 1899-Miles B. McSweeney. 1903-Duncan Clinch Heyward. 1907-Martin F. Ansel. 1911-Cole L. Blease. 1782-John Mathewes. 1783-Benjamin Guerard. 1785-William Moultrie. 1787-Thomas Pinckney. 1789-Charles Pinckney. 1792-William Moultrie. 1794-Arnoldus VanderHorst. 1796-Charles Pinckney. 1798--Edward Rutledge. 1800-John Drayton. SOUTH DAKOTA. TERRITORY. For Governors of Dakota Territory see North Dakota. STATE. 1889-Arthur C. Mellette. 1893-Charles H. Sheldon. 1897-Robert L. Taylor. 1899-Benton McMillan. 1903-James B. Frazier. 1905-John I. Cox. 1907-Malcolm R. Patterson. 1911-Ben W. Hooper. GOVERNORS. 551 TEXAS. STATE GOVERNORS. 1846-James P. Henderson. 1849-George T. Wood. 1849-P. Hansborough Bell. 1853-E. M. Pease. 1857-Hardin R. Runnels. 1859-Sam Houston. 1861-Edward Clark. 1861-Francis R. Lubbock. 1863-Pendleton Murrah. 1865-Andrew J. Hamilton (Provisional Governor). 1866-James W. Throckmorton. 1867-E. M. Pease. 1870-Edmund J. Davis. 1877-Richard B. Hubbard. UTAH. TERRITORY. 1850-Brigham Young. 1854-Edwin J. Steptoe. 1857-Alfred Cummings. 1861-Stephen S. Harding. 1864-James D. Doty. 1865-Charles Durkee. 1870-J. Wilson Shaffer. 1871-George L. Woods. 1873 Samuel B. Axtel. 1875-George W. Emery. 1880-Eli H. Murray. 1886-Caleb W. West. 1890-Arthur L. Thomas. 1893-Caleb W. West. STATE. 1896-Heber M. Wells. 1905-John C. Cutler. 1909-William Spry. VERMONT. 1778-Thomas Chittenden. 1789-Moses Robinson. 1790-Thomas Chittenden. 1797-Paul Brigham. 1797-Isaac Tichnor. 1807-Israel Smith. 1808-Isaac Tichnor. 1809-Jonas Galusha. 1813-Martin Chittenden. 1815-Jonas Galusha. 1820-Richard Skinner. 1823-Cornelius P. Van Ness. 1826-Ezra Butler. 1844-William Slade. 1846-Horace Eaton. 1849-Carlos Coolidge. 1850-Charles K. Williams. 1352-Erastus Fairbanks. 1853-John S. Robinson. 1354-Stephen Royce. 1856-Ryland Fletcher. 1858-Hiland Hall. 1860-Erastus Fairbanks. 1861-Frederick Holbrook. 1863-John G. Smith. 1865-Paul Dillingham. 1867-John B. Page. 1869-Peter T. Washburn. 1870 George W. Hendee. 1870-John W. Stewart. 1872-Julius Converse. 1874-Asahel Peck. 1876-Horace Fairbanks. 1878-Redfield Proctor. 1880-Roswell Farnham. 1882-John L. Barstow. 1884-Samuel E. Pingree. 1886-E. J. Ormsbee. 1888-William P. Dillingham. 1890-Carroll S. Page. 1892-Levi K. Fuller. 1894-Urban A. Woodbury. 1896-Josiah Grout. VIRGINIA. * Ad interim governors are included in this list. Alarcón and Aguayo appear to have been governors of both Coahuila and Texas. In a number of cases the dates are only approximate. 1585-86-Ralph Lane (Governor of Raleigh, first colony). 1587-90-John White (Governor of Raleigh, second colony). UNDER THE VIRGINIA COMPANY, 1606-1624. Residents in England. 1609-18-Sir Thomas Smith (President and Treasurer of London Company). 1618-19-Sir Edwin Sandys (President and Treasurer of London Company). 1619-24-Earl of Southampton (President and Treasurer of London Company). Residents in Virginia. 1607-Edward (President). Maria Wingfield 1607-John Ratcliffe (President). 1608-Capt. John Smith (President). 1609-George Percy (President). 1609-18-Thomas West, Lord de la Warr (Lord Governor; governor, though residing in Virginia very little). 1610-Sir Thomas Gates (DeputyGovernor). 1610 Thomas West. 1611-George Percy (Deputy-Governor). 1611 Sir Thomas Dale (DeputyGovernor). 1611 Sir Thomas Gates (Lieut.Governor). 1614 Sir Thomas Dale (DeputyGovernor). 1616-George Yeardley (Deputy Governor). 1617-Samuel Argall (Deputy-Governor). 1619-Nathaniel Powell (Acting Deputy-Governor). 1619 Sir George Yeardley (Governor). 1621-Sir Francis Wyatt (Governor). UNDER THE CROWN, 1624-1652. 1624 Sir Francis Wyatt (Governor). 1626-Sir George Yeardley (Governor). 1627-Francis West (Acting Gov ernor). 1628-John Pott (Acting Governor). 1630 Sir John Harvey (Governor). 1635-John West (Acting Governor). 1636-Sir John Harvey (Governor). 1639 Sir Francis Wyatt (Governor). 1642-Sir William Berkeley (Governor). 1645-Richard Kemp (President of Council in Berkeley's absence in England). 1645 Sir William Berkeley (Governor). UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH, 1652-1660. 1652-Richard Bennett. 1655-Edward Diggs. 1658-Samuel Matthews. 1659-Berkeley, acting at request of Assembly. UNDER THE CROWN, 1660-1776. 1660-Sir William Berkeley. 1661-Sir Francis Morrison (Acting Governor). 1662-Sir William Berkeley. 1677-Sir Henry Jefferys (Lieut.Governor). 1678-Sir Henry Chicheley (Lieut.Governor). 1680-Thomas, (Governor). Lord Culpepper 1683-Nicholas Spencer (Acting Governor). 1684-Lord Howard of Effingham (Deputy-Governor). 1689-Nathaniel Bacon (Acting Governor). 1690-Sir Francis Nicholson (Lieut.Governor). 1693-Sir Edmund Andros (Governor). 1697-1737 George Hamilton Douglas, Earl of Orkney (Governor; never in the colony). 1698-Sir Francis Nicholson (Lieut.-Governor). 1705-Edward Nott (Lieut.-Governor). 1706-Edmund Jennings (President of Council and Acting Governor). 1710-Robert Hunter (Lieut.-Governor; appointed but captured by French). 1710-Alexander (Lieut.-Governor). 1722-Hugh Drysdale (Lieut.-Governor). Spottswood 1726-Robert Carter (President of Council and Acting Governor). 1727-William Gooch (Lieut. Governor). 1737-54-William, Earl of Albermarle (Governor; never in the colony). 1740-James Blair (President of Council and Acting Governor). 1741-William Gooch (Lieut.Governor). 1749-John Robinson, Sr. (President of Council and Acting Governor). 1749-Thomas Lee (President of Council and Acting Governor). 1750-Louis Burwell (President of Council and Acting Governor). 1751-Robert Dinwiddie (Lieut.Governor). 1756-68-John Campbell, Earl of Loundoun (Governor; never in the colony). 1758-John Blair (President of Council and Acting Governor). 1758-Francis Fauquier (Lieut.Governor). 1763-68-Sir Jeffrey Amherst (Governer; never in the colony). 1768-John Blair (President of Council and Acting Governor). 1768-70-Norborne Berkeley, Lord de Botetourt (Governor). 1770-William Nelson (President of Council and Acting Governor). 1771-John, Lord Dunmore (Governor). UNDER STATE CONSTITUTION, 1776-1865. 1776-Patrick Henry. 1779-Thomas Jefferson. 1781-Thomas Nelson, Jr. 1781-Benjamin Harrison. 1784-Patrick Henry. 1786-Edmund Randolph. 1788-Beverly Randolph. 1791-Henry Lee. 1794-Robert Brooke. 1796-James Wood. 1799-James Monroe. 1802-John Page. 1805-William H. Cabell. 1808-John Tyler, Sr. 1811-James Monroe. 1811-George William Smith (Acting Governor after resignation of Monroe). 1811-Peyton Randolph (Acting Governor after death of Smith). 1812-James Barbour. 1814-Wilson Cary Nicholas. 1816-James Patton Preston. 1818-Thomas Mann Randolph. 1822-James Pleasant, Jr. 1825-John Tyler. 1827-William B. Giles. 1830-John Floyd. 1834-Littleton Waller Tazewell. 1836-Windham Robertson (Acting Governor after resignation of Tazewell). 1837-David Campbell. 1840-Thomas Walker Gilmer. 1841-John M. Patton (Acting, pending election). 1841-John Rutherford (Acting, pending election). 1842-John M. Gregory (Acting, pending election). 1843-James McDowell. 1846-William Smith. 1849-John Buchanan Floyd. 1852-Joseph Johnson. 1856-Henry Alexander Wise. 1860-John Letcher. 1864-William Smith. |